Media Information

 
 
 
Collection name:
Maps of Africa
Record:
Title:
Accuratissima Totius Africae Tabula in Lucem producta ...
Title in Translation:
Exact map of the whole of Africa.
Publication Place:
Nuremberg
Publisher:
Sandrart, Jakob von, 1630-1708
Publication Date:
1700
Cartographer:
Sandrart, Jakob von, 1630-1708
Engraver:
Homann, Johann Baptist, 1663-1724
Height:
48 cm.
Width:
56 cm.
Scale:
No scale given
Color:
Outline color
Descriptive Notes:
Cartouche depicts an elaborate scene with nine figures, a fat-tailed sheep, a lion, snakes and a lizard. " ... relies on Ptolemy for its description of the Nile basin." Prime meridian through Ferro Island.
Provenance:
Dr. Oscar I. Norwich
General Area:
Africa
Geographic Focus:
Africa
Period:
17th c.
Norwich Number:
61
Call Number:
NOR 0061
References:
Norwich (2nd ed.), ckey = 3871463
Page:
map 0061, p. 75
Program:
Jacobson Africana Program

Accuratissima Totius Africae Tabula in Lucem producta ...